be detestable

Example Sentences

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"Let them," said the Queen, "be brought away only by their own consent, otherwise the act will be detestable, and bring down the vengeance of heaven upon us."

From Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West by Steward, Austin

Baroness--You are too complimentary: your cause must be detestable.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

And believe me when I say that the moment I saw you, I knew that my conduct was going to be detestable.

From The Puppet Crown by MacGrath, Harold

The country, he thought, must be detestable in such vile weather.

From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile

At any rate, it isn't the kind of a joke I make—it would be detestable.

From Arsene Lupin by Leblanc, Maurice